D. Caradog Jones Papers,

Papers of D. Caradog Jones, [c.1940]-1978, comprising records relating to the Labour Party and Welsh rural areas, 1951-1959; general correspondence, 1951-1978; and papers and press cuttings, [1940x1959], concerning D. Caradog Jones and Montgomeryshire politics, 1940s-1950s.

D. Caradog Jones (1910-1973) was the Labour Party candidate for Montgomeryshire in 1951, 1955 and 1959. He was the editor of The Social Survey of Merseyside, vols. I-III (1934). He also pubished with A. M. Carr-Saunders, A Survey of the Social Structure of England and Wales (1937).

Arranged into the following: papers concerning the Labour Party and Welsh rural areas; general correspondence and papers; press cuttings concerning DCJ and Montgomeryshire politics (1st group); and miscellaneous letters to DCJ and carbon copies of letters from him (2nd group).

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Donated by Mrs Megan Jones, Llandre, widow of D. Caradog Jones, 1992.

D. Caradog Jones (1910-1973) was the Labour Party candidate for Montgomeryshire in 1951, 1955 and 1959. He was the editor of The Social Survey of Merseyside, vols. I-III (1934). He also pubished with A. M. Carr-Saunders, A Survey of the Social Structure of England and Wales (1937).

Title supplied from contents of fonds.

A hard copy of the catalogue (in Welsh) is available in Minor Lists and Summaries 1993, p.30, at the National Library of Wales. The catalogue can be accessed online.

January 2004

Compiled by Annette Strauch for the ANW project. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries 1993.

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Action: All records have been retained.

Accruals are not expected.

Jones, J. G. 'D. Caradog Jones and Montgomeryshire politics', Montgomeryshire Collections 92 (2004), 127-143.

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